What to expect from an E. Campestratus?

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Hello, I purchased an E. Campestratus. 3cm, biggest I've bought yet because I wanted to start out with slings and take care of them. It should be arriving tomorrow or the day thereafter.

My friend has an E. Camp as well, but his burrowed like crazy, all the way to the bottom of his enclosure through a PVC pipe and then around it as well so it's in full view, even though it burrowed - so cool. So I gave it a bigger enclosure that is deep with corkbark.

How are their growth cycles? How often can I expect a 3cm sling to molt?
Is your E Camp a voracious eater?
Do they go dormant? I believe they are docile and not skittish.




I made this enclosure

I must still add the water dish. It's Potting Soil and Peat Moss.

I'm super excited.

 

[Vanessa]

I love this species. They are fairly hardy and gorgeous. They do burrow a lot as spiderlings and juveniles, but tend to stop around the 3" mark. I have a female and she has been a slow grower. I got her as a 3/4" spiderling over three years ago and she is about 4" now.
They have a reputation of being extremely tolerant, and a lot of people say that they handle theirs, but my girl has always been extremely skittish. I have never once seen any type of defensive behaviour from her, though - not even a hair kicking. She uses her hide a lot, so I would always supply one.

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

Mine was a very voracious eater. My A. genicculata had nothing on him when it came to a feeding response, and I would not have not considered letting him get near my fingers. even doing maintenance with tongs was a challenge and on two different occasions he ended up becoming airbourne after launching onto and gripping the tongs causing me to flinch.

He died a while back, after hooking out, but he held on for about 2 1/2 years after maturing. And he never lost that appetite. He became much less efficient, but he always took down prey, albeit clumsily. I came home one day to find he had finally expired. I knew it was coming, but I was still bummed. I had raised him from a s'ling.

 

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I love this species. They are fairly hardy and gorgeous. They do burrow a lot as spiderlings and juveniles, but tend to stop around the 3" mark. I have a female and she has been a slow grower. I got her as a 3/4" spiderling over three years ago and she is about 4" now.
They have a reputation of being extremely tolerant, and a lot of people say that they handle theirs, but my girl has always been extremely skittish. I have never once seen any type of defensive behaviour from her, though - not even a hair kicking. She uses her hide a lot, so I would always supply one.

Wow that is a slow grow - probably better that I'm getting a 3cm then just in case. Ts are so interesting how they can live for years and years. Awesome, if I can handle her that'd be a nice plus, but I don't need to. iirc it doesnt benefit the T at all

Mine was a very voracious eater. My A. genicculata had nothing on him when it came to a feeding response, and I would not have not considered letting him get near my fingers. even doing maintenance with tongs was a challenge and on two different occasions he ended up becoming airbourne after launching onto and gripping the tongs causing me to flinch.

He died a while back, after hooking out, but he held on for about 2 1/2 years after maturing. And he never lost that appetite. He became much less efficient, but he always took down prey, albeit clumsily. I came home one day to find he had finally expired. I knew it was coming, but I was still bummed. I had raised him from a s'ling.

Sorry to hear he died, but at least you gave him a good life. 2.5 years after maturing is long right? That is pretty interesting how he was a voracious eater, I guess all T's are different.
Oh man, I saw a T go airborne from tongs in a video, so I know what you mean.

 

[DancingHare]

Mine is a small sling, she's been burrowed for about 2 months and I haven't seen her but her feeders disappear and sometimes dirt is moved around so I assume she's fine down there.

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

I don't know what the average life-expectancy of a male post-ultimate male tarantula is, and of course it will vary from species to species, but that was the longest I personally have had a mature male make it. I think it was probably a respectable length of time. I was sorry to see the eight-legged trooper go.

 

[Vanessa]

I don't know what the average life-expectancy of a male post-ultimate male tarantula is, and of course it will vary from species to species, but that was the longest I personally have had a mature male make it. I think it was probably a respectable length of time. I was sorry to see the eight-legged trooper go.

It was pretty decent for a species with that growth rate, for sure. The important thing is that he was eating up until the very end. I've had males who ate right up until they died, so it was a bit of a surprise when I did find them dead, but I have also had a few who languished not eating for a while. I would much rather they be eating right up until the very end and die unexpectedly on me.

 

[Goopyguy56]

Got mine at 1/3 rd inch. Two inches and two years later. Good eater. Pretty timid. Gets better looking the larger it gets. Used to hide alot more but gets more bold with size. Probably my most chill t